The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-05-20
THE GARFIELD STATUE.


Unwilling of the Memorial Shaft to the.
Murdered President at Washington.
ThousanGs Witness the Ceremony-Etc-t
quent Address of President Cleveland.
WASHINGTON, May 13-At the business,
meeting yesterday morning of the Army
of the Cumberland Colonel Henry Stone,
Of Boston, was chosen as the orator for
the next reunion, and Colonel McMichael,
of New York, as alternate Chicago was
selected as the place for the next reunion,
and Chickamauga week, IN September,
1888, as the time. The present officers
were unanimously reelected: President,
| General P. II. Sheridan; Treasurer; Cen
tary, General Henry NJ. Eistj Recording
Secretary; General John W. Steele.
The remainder of the day was devoted to
the ceremonies attehdiiig the unValling of
the Garfield statue. Promptly at II 80
o'clock General Baird, Chief Marshal Of the
parade, gave the signal for marching, and
4he procession started. A platoon of
mounted police led the way, followed by
General Baird and his aids, who preceded
carriage in which were seated Gen.
erals Sherman, Sheridan and Rosecrans,
three of the four living commanders
U
Buell., the remaining commander; being
unable to be present. The right of tho
processioE moved up FL street to Eight,
zenith street, each Organization wheeling
into line as the left of the preceding COM
pany passed. From Eighteenth street
the procession proceeded to Pennsylvania
avenue, down which it marched to Third
street where the first division debouched
and proceeded down Third to Emerald ave-
niue and halted on that avenue near the
monument.
At twelve o'clock sharp the entrances to
the grand stand were thrown open, and
the invited guests were quickly assigned
seats. Among the first to arrive were tho
sons of General Garfield Secretary Bay
ard and Attorney-General Garland were
the first members of the Cabinet to ar
rive. They were followed by Chief Justice
| Waite and the Associate justices of the
Supreme Court At one o'clock the PFes4
ident, accompanied by General Sheridan,
arrived. simultaneously the vanguard
| of the procession appeared in quick
march from Pennsylvania avenue. Col
| onel Wilson then announced that the pro
| ceedings would be opened with prayer by
Rev. S. H. Giesy, D. D. After Mr.. Giesy
| had concluded his prayer, THE Star Span
gled Banner'' was very effectively rem
dered by the full marine band AS the
last note died away, at twenty minutes
| past one o'clock, the American flag which
had covered the statue was quickly
| dragged away. The salute from the south
! front of the capitol was then fired.
General Sheridan then introduced the
orator of the day. General ]. Warren
! Keifer, who, on the part of the Monument
! Committee, delivered an address trans
| ferring the statue TO General Sheridan.
| At its conclusion General Sheridan,
| in behalf of the society, transferred the
statue to the President IN the following
words:
"MR. PRESIDENT: This statue which has
been unvaied in your presence to-day was
erected by the comrades of General Garfield be-
longing to the Army of the Cumberland. They
recognized his merit as o soldier,
and they wished to pay some
testimony to that merit and to his worth as a
man. have the honor, sir, on behalf of the
society of the Army Of the Cumberland, to ask
you, as the representative of the American
| people, to accept the statue from their hands
as it was given to me-" [Applause.l
In accepting the statue President Cleve-
land spoke as follows:
| FELLOW -CITIZENS; In performance of the
duty assigned to me on this occasion, hereby
accept, on behalf Of the people of the United
| States, this beautiful and completed statue.
Amid the interchange of fraternal greetings be-
tween the survivors of the Army of the Cum
| berland and their former foes upon the battle
| field, and, while the Union General and the peo-
pies President awaited burial, the common
| grief of these magnanimous soldiers
and mourning citizens found expression
in the determination to erect this tribute to
American greatness; and thus to-day in it's
symmetry and beauty, it presents sign OF
| animositieS forgotten, an emblem of brother
| hood redeemed, and token of q nation re-
stored Monuments and statues multiply
throughout the land, 1ttingly illustrative of the
| love and affection Of our grateful people, and
concentrating brave and patriotic sacrifices
| in war, fame in peaceful pursuits, or honor in
public station. But from this day forth there
| shall stand at our seat of government this
statue of distinguished citizen, who in his life
and services combined all these things and
more, which challenge admiration in American
character-loving tenderness in every domes tic
| relation, bravery the field of battle, fame
| and distinction in our halls of legislation,
and the highest honor and dignity in the Chief
| Magistracy of the nation. This stately efigy
shall not fail to teach every beholder that the
source of American greatness is confined to no
condition, nor dependent alone for its growth
and development upon favorable surroundings.
| The genius of our National life beckons to use
| fulness and honor those in every sphere and of
fers the highest preferment to manly ambition
| and sturdy, honest effort chastened and conse-
Grated by patriotic hopes and aspirations. AS
long as this statue stands let it be proudly re-
membered that TO every American citizen the
| way is open to fame and station until he,
| Moving up from high to higher,
| Becomes on fortunes GROWING slope
The pillar of peoples hope,
| The center of a worlds desire.''
Nor can we forget that it also teaches our peo-
| pie a sad and distressing lesson; and the
thoughtful citizen who views its fair proper
| tions can not fail to recall the tragedy OF a
death which brought grief and mourning to
| every household in the land. But while
American citizenship stands aghast and af-
frghted that murder and assassination should
! Turk in the midst of a free people and
strike down the head of their government a
fearless search and the discovery of the origin
aIsl hiding place of these hateful and unnatural
things should be followed by q solemn re.
| solve to purge forever from our political
! methods and from the operation Of our Gov
eminent, the perversions and misconceptions
| which gave birth to passionate and bloody
thoughts. If from this hour our admira-
! ton for the bravery and nobility of American
! manhood, and our faith in the possibilities and
opportunities of American citizenship be re-
newed, if our appreciation of the blessing of a
restored Union and love for our Government be
strengthened, and if our watchfulness against
| the dangers of q mad chase after partisan
spoiis be quckened. the dedication of this
statue to the people of the United States will
| not be in VAIN
During the delivery of his address the
President was frequently interrupted by
outbursts of applause. He spoke fuently
in clear voice, which was audible to
most of the vast crowd that filled the
circle before the stand When he had
concluded the band played "Hail Column
bia," and Rev. F. D. Power, who was the
pastor of General Garfield's church in this
city pronounced the benediction.
Many Buildings Burned.
! DUBUQUE, Ia, May 13.-Almost the en-
tire bushes part of Earlville, a town of
1000 inhabitants, thirty seven miles west
of Dubuque, was wiped out by fire
4 Wednesday night. The fire spread so rap